Quiz(multiple choice ;) ), deadline 26/5/13 9pm

[FLINTUS]

Right this is a bit cheating as taken from websites mainly but oh well.

1. Which member of the Monty Python team was the recipient of this year's BAFTA Fellowship?
John Cleese
Michael Palin
Eric Idle
Terry Gilliam


2. Who plays the the role of Liberace in Stephen Soderbergh's film Behind the Candleabra, which premieres at the Cannes Film Festival this week?
Rob Lowe
Matt Damon
Michael Douglas
Tom Hanks


3. In cricket, who has been named as England's male player of the year?
Stuart Broad
James Anderson
Monty Panesar
Matt Prior


4. Dan Brown has just released his latest novel Inferno, his fourth featuring the character of Robert Langdon. At which US university is Langdon a professor?
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
George Washington


5. Which England player announced his retirement from international football?
Rio Ferdinand
John Terry
Theo Walcott
Steven Gerrard


6. Who was the winner of the Royal Society of Literature's Ondaatje prize?
Zadie Smith
Philip Hensher
Will Self
Hilary Mantel


7. Previously unseen paintings by which artist are to go under the hammer at Bonhams in London on 18 June?
Lucian Freud
Francis Bacon
Salvador DalÃ*
Pablo Picasso


8. In which city would you find the first full-sized Barbie house in Europe?
Paris
Madrid
Lisbon
Berlin


9. Name 2 countries previously in Yugoslavia out of the below 4 options?

Slovenia+Slovakia
Serbia+Croatia
Bosnia+Albania
Hungary+Macedonia


10. A 54-foot high inflatable of which creature, the work of Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman was found, deflated, in Hong Kong harbour?
A cat
A tiger
A duck
A rat


11. What is the Thursday before Easter called ?

Hungry Thursday
Maundy Thursday
Miserable Thursday
Passover Thursday


12. Emerald is the birth stone for which month?

May
February
September
July


13. What is spirit of salts often called?

Sulphuric Acid
Hydrochloric Acid
Nitric Acid
Aceitic Acid


14. Rhabdophobia is the fear of what?

Being beaten
Eating rhubarb
Dolphins
Texting


15. Which game is played on an oval with 18 player per team?

Lacrosse
Australian Football
Volleyball
Handball

16. What is the capital of Australia?

Brisbane
Sydney
Canberra
Auckland


17. What was the first frozen food available in Britain in 1937?

Potato
Chicken
Brocolli
Asparagus


18. For what would an Edgar be awarded or won?

Mystery Writing
Poetry
Short fable
Male singing for a comedy TV show


19. What does soviet mean?

Workers council
Together
As a whole
For ever



20. What was the first country to leave the United Nations?

Taiwan
Indonesia
Vatican City
San Marino
EDIT: Dan's idea of googling will be re used. From Friday 24th you may google the answers to 5 questions of your choice- be aware of what you pick because if you find out you were right you still lose one of the googles-be honest about this please!

[Suze65]

I don't think I know any, but I will give it a go, mostly guessing!!!!

[FLINTUS]

I don't think I know any, but I will give it a go, mostly guessing!!!!

That's the fun of multiple choice lol. And as usual half marks are available generously. Just going to make a quick ammendment.

[Jess222]

I dont really get question 9 lol...ill have a go tomorrow!

[FLINTUS]

Sorry qu 9 was from a weekly quiz I found online just didn't notice it, I will change that now to a different question.

[alley cat]

Done....I thought that multiple choice would be easier but it just made it more confusing, hopefully this week someone else will be more confused than me!

[Jess222]

I've done it too Alley...I have not done well...most of mine were guesses

[FLINTUS]

6 entries so far guys. Still got until Sunday to do this. No asking how people did please as will mark them in 1 go next Sunday. Jess222, Alley Cat, emma_mcRaf, egyptiandan64, alan1 and meacy may all google their five chosen answers come Friday-see above. Suze have you entered yet as haven't got anything from you?

[Alan1]

6 entries so far guys. Still got until Sunday to do this. No asking how people did please as will mark them in 1 go next Sunday. Jess222, Alley Cat, emma_mcRaf, egyptiandan64, alan1 and meacy may all google their five chosen answers come Friday-see above. Suze have you entered yet as haven't got anything from you?

I don't understand the Google thing so will give that a miss, I've answered all the questions as guesses, that will do me

[FLINTUS]

Friday bump

[alley cat]

So if I google 5 of my answers and get the correct ones does that change my final score? or is it just a fun extra, not affecting my score at all?

[FLINTUS]

So if I google 5 of my answers and get the correct ones does that change my final score? or is it just a fun extra, not affecting my score at all?

It will affect your final score, any google corrected answers count half on top of what you already have.

[Alan1]

So if I google 5 of my answers and get the correct ones does that change my final score? or is it just a fun extra, not affecting my score at all?

watch out that google is not telling lies ;)

It has completely baffled me this Google thing so I just didn't bother with it.. So no excuses for not finishing above me this week :D

[alley cat]

watch out that google is not telling lies ;)

It has completely baffled me this Google thing so I just didn't bother with it.. So no excuses for not finishing above me this week :D

I didnt do it when Dan did the quiz either, but I dont think it counted in your score that time.
It feels a bit like cheating, I have done my answers, be they wrong or right, they are all mine :-D

[ClareandCo]

I couldn't make head or tail of the Google ruling thing either! :confused: Sometimes as you say though Google is wrong, but it is better to use Google after than before entering your answers and then win.

Surely the idea of a quiz is to test your knowledge without help especially from the Internet? :shock:

[FLINTUS]

Ok, right just going to demolish this google thing so just a normal quiz.

[FLINTUS]

Bit late but...
1. Which member of the Monty Python team was the recipient of this year's BAFTA Fellowship?
Michael Palin
2. Who plays the the role of Liberace in Stephen Soderbergh's film Behind the Candleabra, which premieres at the Cannes Film Festival this week?
Michael Douglas
3. In cricket, who has been named as England's male player of the year?
Matt Prior
4. Dan Brown has just released his latest novel Inferno, his fourth featuring the character of Robert Langdon. At which US university is Langdon a professor?
Harvard
5. Which England player announced his retirement from international football?
Rio Ferdinand
6. Who was the winner of the Royal Society of Literature's Ondaatje prize?
Philip Hensher
7. Previously unseen paintings by which artist are to go under the hammer at Bonhams in London on 18 June?
Salvador DalÃ*-If we had been doing google Meacy would’ve lost ½ a mark because she got this correct and chose to google it and got it wrong!
8. In which city would you find the first full-sized Barbie house in Europe?
Berlin
9. Name 2 countries previously in Yugoslavia out of the below 4 options?
Serbia+Croatia
10. A 54-foot high inflatable of which creature, the work of Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman was found, deflated, in Hong Kong harbour?
A duck
11. What is the Thursday before Easter called ?
Maundy Thursday
12. Emerald is the birth stone for which month?
May
13. What is spirit of salts often called?
Hydrochloric Acid
14. Rhabdophobia is the fear of what?
Being beaten
15. Which game is played on an oval with 18 player per team?
Australian Football
16. What is the capital of Australia?
Canberra
Auckland
17. What was the first frozen food available in Britain in 1937?
Asparagus
18. For what would an Edgar be awarded or won?
Mystery Writing
19. What does soviet mean?
Workers council
20. What was the first country to leave the United Nations?
Indonesia
The Scores:
Meacy: 12
WriterNick: 11
EgyptianDan64: 9
Merlin M: 10
Jess222: 8
EmmaMcRaf: 7
Alan1: 7
Alley cat: 4
So Meacy wins!

[ClareandCo]

No. 3 is Matt Prior.

[Merlin M]

Shows how little I know about football, I didn't think Rio Ferdinand was English!

[FLINTUS]

No. 3 is Matt Prior.

You're right! I just relooked it up. When I looked that up the first time I got Anderson so I marked it on that. Now I'm going to have to change all the scores

[FLINTUS]

Corrected and scores changed! Meacy is the winner!

[WriterNick]

Well done Meacy - great score! I really enjoyed that quiz :)

[emma_mcraf]

Congratulations Meacy. :)

[Jess222]

Well done Meacy :)

[Alan1]

Well done Meacy

7 points for me, I will settle for that ;)

[meacy]

whoop whoop well chuffed :razz:

[alley cat]

Well done Meacy :D

[Alan1]

Nae quiz this week?

[Merlin M]

Yeah, where is our quiz??

[WriterNick]

Aw, maybe Meacy has been otherwise engaged. As I was second, I can knock up a multi choice quiz with a deadline for next Sunday if that's okay?

[emma_mcraf]

Go for it Nick. Thank you. :)

[meacy]

Sorry folks didn't know the winner made up the next quiz :oops: new to the competition area. I have been a wee bit busy if you could put this weeks one out Nick I would be very grateful. Sorry

[Alan1]

Go for it Nick. Thank you. :)

..... yep :)